They've skipped the high-profile Sunday TV shows and avoided driveway chat sessions with reporters. Few who are typically eager to defend the president have appeared at all on television this month.
White House officials close to President Donald Trump are pulling off a disappearing act, remaining largely absent from public view in the middle of the storm over impeachment.
"We invited the White House on to answer questions on the show this morning," CNN's Jake Tapper explained to his viewers on Sunday's "State of the Union." ''They did not offer a guest."
"The president shouldn't be his own defender," Lockhart said. "The president should be focused on doing the job of the president."
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